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Modern Languages Discover Day

Newcastle University Campus, Thursday 23 January 2025.

Join for a range of sessions that give a taste of studying our humanities subject areas.

  • Date: Thursday 23 January 2025
  • Location: Newcastle University Campus
  • Timings: 10:00 - 15:30

What can you get involved in?

This is a chance to bring a group of your students to our campus, learn more about a particular degree discipline and explore university life.

Students will experience university lectures and a taster session in a new language, including Chinese and Japanese. The lectures are focused on Spanish and French, but they may be of interest to any student interested in studying languages at a higher level.

Provisional event timetable

Please note that this is a provisional timetable and may be subject to change:

TimeActivity
10:00 Arrival
10:15 Welcome and introduction to student life
11:00 First taster session – students to choose between cultural topics relating to French and Spanish
12:00 Second taster session - students to choose between cultural topics relating to French and Spanish
12:45 Lunch
13:30 Campus tour/treasure hunt
14:30 Third taster session - students choose between Chinese and Japanese
15:15 Close

Who should attend?

This event is aimed at year 11 students who may be interested in studying modern languages at university.

How to take part

Complete booking form below to secure your school group onto the Discover Day.

Alternatively, sign up to our Humanities Mailing List, to be notified of future event opportunities, specific to this subject area.

We may also be able to support you with the travel costs associated with visiting the campus.